tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7690422682664917237.post659832830945743658..comments2023-10-26T06:18:58.649-04:00Comments on Pennsylvania Wildlife Photographer: The Making of Pennsylvania Elk: Reclaiming The AllegheniesWillardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17059945499957721902noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7690422682664917237.post-6874109491826516552008-01-05T05:51:00.000-05:002008-01-05T05:51:00.000-05:00So let me sum this up..... the whole thing is abou...So let me sum this up..... the whole thing is about cotton pickin politics!!!!Tina Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17644273440522679531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7690422682664917237.post-43667254259846272042007-12-27T07:03:00.000-05:002007-12-27T07:03:00.000-05:00Lights, Camera, Action!Lights, Camera, Action!lv2scpbkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05727591726116331492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7690422682664917237.post-54904585486553506612007-12-26T11:57:00.000-05:002007-12-26T11:57:00.000-05:00Abe,Interesting comment. I'm glad you posted it. ...Abe,<BR/>Interesting comment. I'm glad you posted it. When I bought my first VCR it showed an optional video camera in the manual which was not as large as you are talking about, but it had to record to an external recording unit.<BR/><BR/>I know two persons (one since deceased) that used an outfit like you are talking about to videotape weddings.<BR/><BR/>This is just an educated guess, but I probably bought my first video camera within five years or less of the time they combined the camera unit and recorder into one package which was then dubbed the camcorder. I still usually shorten the name and still call they cameras, but the correct term now is camcorder.<BR/><BR/>It is still common to shoot live events with multiple cameras which feed into a mixer and then the mixer sends the signal to a separate VCR or hard disk recording unit.Willardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17059945499957721902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7690422682664917237.post-37384047615511105182007-12-26T08:40:00.000-05:002007-12-26T08:40:00.000-05:00Wow Willard....it sounds like there was a lot of "...Wow Willard....it sounds like there was a lot of "office politics" involved in the PGC Certain people not wanting others to get credit etc.... just seems so cold. But still....you tell a great story....and I can't wait for the next installment :)Kerri Farleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07617128767655910810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7690422682664917237.post-77644342695467983362007-12-26T06:30:00.000-05:002007-12-26T06:30:00.000-05:00This post brought back a lot of memories. I got th...This post brought back a lot of memories. <BR/><BR/>I got the idea to make videos showing people how to do specific kinds of writing from the very old medieval styles to more modern styles. We were in a mail order business then and supplied everything from parchment to vellum and pens and so on. So I went looking for a "portable" camera and the only thing then available came in three units. The camera itself was an RCA and was huge and looked like those first cameras used at stations. The battery unit weighed about 10-12 pounds and came in two pieces or two separate units. And the actual VHS tape player/recorder weighed another twn pounds without the tape. And then I had to find a small television set in color to use as a monitor and that weighed a ton too. The tripod was huge and heavy. I used it all in my studio and made a lot of VHS tapes on handwriting and calligraphy and so on and those were seen and led to me doing a 13-week television series for PBS and Parker Pen Ltd. <BR/><BR/>Believe it or not, I set the stage up to record something and was alone. SO i sed a long bamboo pole with a rubber eraser taped on the end to touch the on switch on the camera and had it set to "fade-in" to the scene so any movement was not seen. It worked.<BR/><BR/>So this post of yours brought back a lot of those memories and the only thing I need to add is that the whole thing cost more than $5,000 grand--money we didn't really have but I took the chance and learned how to do all the stuff and it paid off in the end.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com